Continuing the mesolithic theme but because there are no native cactus species in Europe or the Middle East so I had to go to the Americas. While Europeans were dealing with cave bears the Clovis people were dealing with giant land sloths. Yes, they really existed. They could be between 9 and 18 feet tall. Though the taller ones were from South America.

But this is really about the cactus. Prickly pear offers defensive positions, food, water, fishing hooks and toothpicks. It's a dramatically under valued plant.

A5, Micron 05, 02, 005

Inktober, miniature.

Maybe you know about the Venus figurines like this famous Venus of Willendorf. But did you know that they are the absolute oldest representation of human figures that are three dimensional? They aren't hunters or warriors. They are women.

They were mostly made from. 40,000 to 10,000 years ago putting them in the Paleolithic and mesolithic periods covering the stone age right up until the rise of agriculture. They are only found in Europe because any not found in Europe would totally get a different name as that's how we roll.

You might know they were considered fertility gods but we don't actually know that. It's a guess. The people who made them were rude and didn't write down what they were for.

Banana for scale.

A5 paper, Micron 01 - 10.

A5 paper, Micron 10 pen. I kinda want to do this again one day but with a proper photographic reference so I can capture more detail. Which means I need an animal headdress, a model and a makeup artist and some rib bones. Maybe one day.

A5 paper, micron 08, 05, 03

Ok I'm done 😂

#1

Just kinda getting some scribbles. Got a better sense of his shape. Maybe can get looser next few times or not.

#2

I used an online photo for reference

A quick drawing I did at a local "art Evening", topic was "funny animals".

The Shell's not as I wanted it to be, since it's missing the hexagonal tiles, but I feared I might spoil it, so I kept it as it was.

I took up drawing as a new hobby last month. Here's my first animal portrait with colour pencils (from photo reference).

Please critique.

cross-posted from: https://dice.camp/ap/users/116075134115737121/statuses/116675873839201357

Between a rock and a hard place

This scene has been bouncing around my brain for a second. White gel pen on black paper.
@artshare #penandink #blackandwhite

This is from 2010, I used to draw insects and arachnids.

Photo quality is junk. Probably threw the original away.

I'm not allowed to decorate my office at all.

So I made these tiny drawings to hide at the bases of my screens. Because I need something to make me smile.